https://www.facebook.com/pages/BLACK-BARBIE/666779303436292 Like fellow East End venue The Summit less than half a mile away, Black Barbie is an up-and-coming DIY space. This new venue has been used for special events including live music, art shows, painting, yoga, dance, sculpting lessons, silent auctions, and recording. It is so new, in fact, when we visited on a recent afternoon we saw signage from the building's previous occupant, El Mante Taqueria & Minimarket still up on the building–we aren’t sure if the Black Barbie owners added the painted smiling face to it. Recent musical acts tend to lean towards indie rock, punk, garage and metal. More >>

http://www.box13artspace.com The East End gallery and co-op, since 2008, has boasted a wing-dinger of a reputation for contemporary artists showcasing left-of-field works. The Harrisburg Boulevard warehouse, which used to house a sewing-machine factory, is one of the city's best artist-run non-profits and features creative types such as Elaine Bradford, Dennis Nance and Jenny Schlief showcasing traditional wall pieces, avant-garde installations and experimental performance art. More >>

http://www.box13artspace.com BOX 13 ArtSpace is an artist run nonprofit innovative environment for the creation and advancement of experimental contemporary art in Houston. BOX 13 creates this environment through the offering of affordable workspaces for emerging and established artists and the dedication of a significant portion of its building for exhibitions. Our building hosts approximately 20 artists' studios, plus three gallery spaces, two window galleries, a stairwell and an exterior courtyard. Our resident directed gallery spaces support over a dozen experimental, innovative and fresh exhibitions a year. Box 13 is dedicated to showing work which is not capable of being shown in commercial galleries. More >>